Alfén waves in a thermally stratified fluid

DOI10.1080/03091928408248179zbMath0583.76128OpenAlexW2069347209WikidataQ114640513 ScholiaQ114640513MaRDI QIDQ3706772

E. N. Parker

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928408248179

zbMATH Keywords

Boussinesq approximationuniform vertical temperature gradientpropagation of Alfvén wavesexact solutions with large amplitudehighly conducting incompressible fluidinitial disturbance of small amplitudemixtures of polarization statesuniform horizontal field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Diffusion and convection (76R99)

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